Fall 2019

by Larry Clark

Where have all the frogs gone?

These WSU researchers have a deep love of the Pacific Northwest and its amphibian wildlife.

What’s missing in video gaming

So who are winners in the showdown between the good, the bad, and the ugly in our virtual reality worlds?

Moving an orchard

WSU's iconic, century-old Tukey Orchard finds a new home.

Studio of notes

The silence in WSU's recording studio is golden.

Reduce, reuse, recycle, regenerate

Textile scientist Hang Liu and her colleagues reincarnate new garments from old fibers.

The legacy lives on

Erim Gómez seeks frogs and salamanders on the Palouse to find the biodiversity of amphibians.

Hearts in motion

Life-changing surgeries save lives in Guatemala, with assistance from WSU students and faculty.

Gallery: Tukey Orchard through the years

Rainier cherries

Sensitive and sweet, the cherry of cherries developed at WSU are "tree candy."

Rainier cherry clafoutis

Recipe from WSU Executive Chef Jamie Callison

The French connection

The Palouse can be a great training ground for the world of cycling.

The Cougar soccer squad

The WSU soccer team netted quite a season last year, and they're ready for more.

Enoch Bryan’s Riviera

The utopian vision of one of WSU’s first presidents

Leading the Crimson and Gray: The Presidents of Washington State University

An anthology of biographies of WSU's first ten presidents, published by WSU Press.

Land-grant future

What does tomorrow's land-grant university look like? Join the conversation.

Digital magazine

The Fall 2019 issue in webviewer, fullscreen and tablet PDF, and print-on-demand formats

Smart signals

Less snarl and more green with smart traffic signals and connected vehicles

Traffic signals: A brief history

The evidence that video game violence leads to real-world aggression

Video: A trip to the pond

Talkback for Fall 2019

A letter from a WSU centenarian, and memories of winter

Winter memories @ WSU

Calling for all Cougs to send in their memories of wintertime on campus.

I can do it!

Andaya Sugayan's passion for women's role in politics led to voter registration drives, and inspires her own future plans.

With justice for all

Matt DeGarmo asked, Why do people commit crimes? Now he's training ciminal justice students in Pendleton, Oregon.

Casting an artful brush

Ben Miller paints in a novel way that combines his love of fly fishing with art.

Return to Red Mountain

The Williams family at Kiona Vineyards knows a legacy is like a good wine: it takes time.

Class notes

Updates from Cougs all over

Bryan Slinker

After 11 years as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Slinker (’80 DVM, ’82 PhD Vet. Sci.) is retiring.

Cougar Marching Band

WSU Alumni Association News

Best in the West…East, North, and South

Ancient ink

A chance find in WSU's College Hall leads to a better understanding of tattooing in early North American peoples.

In memoriam

WSU alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed away

Monumental task

Rudy Autio (‘52) and Harold Balazs (‘51) were monumental artists who left large art collections when they died.

Citizen Jean: Riots, Rogues, Rumors, and Other Inside Seattle Stories

By Jean Godden, published by WSU Press

Interwoven Lives: Indigenous Mothers of Salish Coast Communities

By Candace Wellman, published by WSU Press

Nowhere to Remember: Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943

By Robert Bauman and Robert Franklin, published by WSU Press

Low Dose Radiation: The History of the U.S. Department of Energy Research Programs

By Antone L. Brooks, published by WSU Press

YAZZ Band

Composed by Greg Yasinitsky

Briefly noted

Books by WSU alumni, faculty, and the WSU Press